We’ve known for a while the PS9 ain’t gonna have a disc drive, but the PS6?!

I swear if Microsoft bin off Rare….

NEW: Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar has been accused of ignoring pay inequity, mandating crunch, and weaponizing bonuses by multiple unionized employees in the United Kingdom.

Now entering the 132nd minute of the game.

gotta feel for Senegal here

Microsoft this week: We're laying off half the industry. Sony: We're ending physical games. Nintendo: have u seen this splatoon weapon we call it the bloblobber

game key cards sound like some glorious, acceptable compromise now...

incredible of playstation to announce the end of physical disc production the week after they deleted all the movies you bought digitally from your account

which reminds me… whats the deal with that NSO Playtest game from Nintendo

This week's issue features links to @jtsknight92.bsky.social, @marioprime.bsky.social, @platanoranger.bsky.social, @ravi64.com, @petridishes.bsky.social and others! ⤵️

🌸 Issue 489 of Hanafuda Report is out now: hanafuda.report/issues/489/ #Nintendo

hydration break sorted

If you've read (or watched) any great Nintendo-related stuff this week, I'd love for you to drop a link below. Self-promo is encouraged!

This is a superb tribute to Om. "Don’t hold back on telling people they made something you love or admire. Om himself was remarkably generous in that regard." This is a lesson I constantly try and remind myself.

Slippy, no!

The studio behind the new Star Fox game

Microsoft is raising the price of Xbox consoles by $100-$150, it's announced. vgc.news/news/microso...

📝 Some of my favorite blog posts from others must’ve undoubtedly felt to them like, "Is this even worth saying?" Get yourself a blog and state the obvious. blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/bloggin...

Half-Life 2, but it's running in a browser tab: hl2.slqnt.dev

Fox is here 🦊

Pre-orders are now live for The Making of Tomb Raider: 1997-2000, as well as revealing its front cover, created by @innavjuzhanina.bsky.social! Full details here: darylbaxter.com/posts/making...

the “physical” version

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nobody in British politics seems to want to say it but the single biggest driver of their inability to keep a prime minister for any length of time is that Brexit was stupid and ruinous and made everyone’s lives worse

England v Ghana temperature check 🙃 #ENGGHA

What a thoroughly dull half. #ENGGHA

who doesn’t like a pre-drink

Ah yes, the pre-hydration break hydration break. #ENGGHA

Is it raining? #ENGGHA

30 years the goat 🐐

Features good reads aplenty from the likes of @duckvalentine.bsky.social, @mikedrucker.bsky.social, @whilhorst.bsky.social and others ⤵️

“The world of videogaming has just changed forever.” Super Mario 64 released in Japan on June 23rd, 1996. 30 YEARS AGO TODAY! It was the first game to receive a 10 from Edge, almost three years after the magazine’s first issue.

30 years the goat 🐐

Nintendo 64 turns 30 years old today in Japan! Yes, the Japanese box art is just that cool.

Valve has announced that its Steam Machine will cost more than $1,000 for the 512GB version, which it says is "significantly more" than it originally wanted to charge. A 2TB model with a Steam Controller costs more than $1,400. vgc.news/news/steam-m...

🌸 Issue 488 of Hanafuda Report is out now: hanafuda.report/issues/488/ #Nintendo

uk prime minister complete full term challenge (impossible)

i just think they're neat

In accordance with ancient tradition, our next Prime Minister is announced to the nation while standing between a furry and a man with a bin on his head.

My book Power Play launches today!! 🥳 Buy the book that’s all about the hidden influence of video games on our political world here. Reposts are very much appreciated 🙏 linktr.ee/Power_play_b...

Well, the third quarter has been much better. #ENGCRO

BREAKING: Rockstar has been dealt a blow in its legal battle against workers who claim they were fired for unionising. A UK employment tribunal has upheld the right of union workers to bring blacklisting claims against the studio at the final trial, which will begin on September 10.

It's been ten years since the Brexit vote. What a fucking mess of a decade.

If pubs are gonna get cute with ‘kids menus’ designed for adults to skirt VAT rules (which is fine, whatever), then they can’t be getting pissy when an adult genuinely wants to order off the actual kids menu.

Well, Mbappe certainly looks like he’s thoroughly enjoying himself.

Just a few weeks after launch the complete team of 'Luna Abyss' at Kwalee Labs has been laid off. gameinformer.com/2026/06/16/w... www.linkedin.com/posts/hollie...

Look at it gooooooo